Wednesday, June 20, 2012

The legend continues: Charlotte's Price's Chicken Coop made the final eight places in an Esquire survey, and now you can vote to keep the publicity rolling. "What's the most life-changing fried-chicken joint in America?" the national magazine asks. You know the answer, and it had better not be Bubba's in Dallas ... (Photo from Gourmet.)

I'm as big a fan of Price's as anybody, but I'm beginning to think the legend of Price's is outrunning its coverage. It's definitely a landmark. Very few businesses, much less restuarants, last that long. So I think there is a lot of nostalgia and sentiment that feeds into the likeability of the place. And I think nowadays it's become a hipster thing to like Price's as this quirky out of the way place.

But if you plopped down a box of their chicken in an anonymous taste test, I don't think it would be as highly rated. It's kind of like remembering the comfort foods from your childhood. I always swing by for a chicken dinner when I'm in town. And I'm glad that it continues to draw fans. There's value enough in that.

Price's is sooo overated...I agree that Popeye's good for a chain restaurant! I have to assume that ya'll have never been to THEE CHICKEN BOX Cafe or this would not be much of an issue...light, flaky, delicious skin on that juicy, tender meat!!! Best chicken around here, hands down...AND the sides taste better than either..do pickles, slaw & rock hard tater tots count as sides?? Please..

Hey, Anon. It's National Fried Chicken Day! But I'm not telling anyone but you, OK? You can also look at this elderly fan, just to confirm your aging theory: She wrote about the Day for the LA Times. https://twitter.com/#!/Jenn_Harris_

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Tapas to tacos, foie gras to fries, Helen Schwab has written about food in and around Charlotte for more than 20 years. Her related experience includes traveling (pizza in Naples to pizza in New York), waitressing (she understands about tipping from both sides), journalism (a B.S. from Northwestern University), and cooking at home, the less said about which the better.